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Havelock witnesses massive unrest after death of a youth due to alleged police torture

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Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Sept 11: Death of a Havelock youth due to alleged torture by a few cops of Havelock Police Station triggered massive unrest at Havelock Island.
Angry islanders pelted stones and bottles at policemen and policemen charged back on the mob, injuring a few islanders. Such was a situation at Havelock No. 3 Market this evening.
The GPRS network of Havelock was jammed to stop spread of photographs of the clash, it is reported.
According to reports available here the matter began when yesterday at around 10.30 pm a villager of Govind Nagar Mr. Amit Das was picked up for drunken driving by a police team. According to reports the police team had tortured the said person and later when the condition of the youth become bad he was handed over to the elder brother of the youth, Mr. Uttam Das.
As per villagers after reaching home slowing the condition of the youth deteriorated further and at 4.00 am. But when family members took the youth to the hospital, he was declared brought dead.
However, police maintained that the Amit Das was not tortured and he was taken to hospital for medical at night and was released on bail. According to police the youth was under heavy influence of liquor and creating nuisance at bazaar and following complaints of public he was picked up by police team.
The death of the youth triggered unrest at Havelock since morning all shops were kept closed and there was a bandh at Havelock Island. People were demanding justice. Residents of Havelock were also angry as all three cops Mr. Naidu, Head Constable and other two constables went underground since morning.
Following reports of protest a team of 27 IRBn Jawans, 3 Head Constables and 24 Constables, were sent to Havelock to maintain law and order. Even the Superintendent of Police of South Andaman reached the spot to control the situation.
The family members were demanding post mortem by a independent agency following which a team of senior doctors were sent to Havelock from Port Blair.
But at around 8.30 pm the mob started attacking police, when the rumour spread among public that the post mortem reports says that cause of death of injury on the head of Amit Das, a fisherman by profession.
According to reports the clash was brought under control at around 9.45 PM.
Meanwhile, tourists suffered a great deal at Havelock because of the sudden bandh. A group of tourists who reached Port Blair this evening said they did not get even water from any shop and had to travel to Port Blair without Lunch.

Strong wind blows away roofs of several Pan Shops at Baratang

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Ganeshan
Baratang, Sept 09: Several Pan Shops were damaged after a strong wind ripped through Baratang Jetty area early this night.
Strong winds ripped off the roof of four Pan Shops situated at the Baratang Jetty.
According to reports, the winds started to pick up at around 01:00 am on Wednesday and that’s when part of the several Pan Shops roofs were blown away.
The Pan Shops affected due to the strong wind are Selvi Pan Shop, Raja Pan Shop, Pavalus Pan Shop and Rakamma Pan Shop.
As per the reports, the owners of these pan shops however repaired their shops by their own this morning itself.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, a shop owner said that as he reached the shop this morning at 06:00am he saw that there is no roof in the shop.
“A lot of materials were damaged because of the wind, I have suffered a big loss,” the petty shop owner said.
Luckily no house in the Baratang area suffered any damage due the strong wind, it is learnt.

Baratang Post Office in dire straits, staffs at risk

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Ganeshan
Port Blair, Sept 08: Even as India Post is considered one of the oldest and reliable institutions of the country, official apathy has left a key Post Office in Middle Andaman in ruins. The lone Post Office at Baratang Islands is plagued with broken roofs, crumbling walls putting the employees at grave risk. Even customers availing services from the Post Office have been facing countless hardships since long.
Andaman Sheekha Correspondent adds that the condition of the Post Office bears testimony of the indifference of the top officials of the Andaman and Nicobar Postal Services Circle.
“Though the Andaman and Nicobar Postal Service has a dedicated Construction Division, the failure of the Department in ensuring timely repairs and maintenance of the Baratang Post Office remains a mystery. The condition of the building is such that it can collapse any moment causing severe loss to the property and lives. Employees posted in the Post Office have been braving the condition for years now. Besides, timely renovation and maintenance is also imperative to secure officials documents in the Post Office. Broken roofs, crumbling walls are all common sight in the premise of the Post Office. Yet the top brass of the Postal Department continue to practice inertia,” said a source.
Speaking to Andaman Sheekha, the Incharge of Baratang Post Office informed that procedures are currently underway to shift the Post Office to a rented premise in Baratang. “The proposal to shift the Post Office from the crumbling building has already been sent to Kolkata Headquarters and the Post office will start functioning from a rented space soon.”
It is known to everyone that file movement in Government often takes several years and public hopes that before total collapse of the building the approval comes from Kolkata. Till then visitors of the Post Office and staffs are at great risk. Besides, public crucial government documents, which are only sent via Postal Department, are also at great risk of getting damaged or missing.

Kishori Nagar Murder case: body was packed in Jute Sack

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Diglipur, Sept 07: The Kishori Nagar Murder case is closed now after arrest of two accused person and Andaman Sheekha had followed the news since the news was broken by Andaman Sheekha team.

Now putting light more on this issue the police today said that accused had packed the body in a jute sack and concealed it in the arecanut plantation after killing the victim.

As per detailed report, in the intervening night of 02-03/09/15, one Rinku Biswas W/o Manoranjan Biswas in connivance with paramour Sujit Baidya brutally murdered her husband namely Manoranjan Biswas S/o Late Madhusudhan Biswas (35 yrs.) R/o Kishori Nagar in her home and later on packed the body in a jute sack and concealed it in the arecanut plantation, located behind her house.

Thereafter, they fled away along with her younger daughter and left the elder daughter at the scene of crime. Upon the statement of elder daughter, a murder case was registered against the lady Rinku Biswas and her paramour Sujit Baidya at PS Kalighat. Immediately, Kalighat police launched massive search operations assisted by IRBn Jawans and local villagers in the nearby area/jungle to nab the culprits. On 03/09/2015, police found the younger daughter left stranded in the nearby jungle. Efforts by the police were continued.

On 05/09/2015, SI T.Dilla Rao, SHO PS Kalighat received information about sighting of one lady and gents at Talbagan area, moving towards Gopen Nallah. The same was communicated to Dy.SP Diglipur and one villager namely Shri Sunil Mondal R/o Gopen Nallah at his WLL Phone. Later, Shri Sunil Mondal confirmed the arrival of the culprits in his village at Arun’s house.

Shri Chandra Kumar Singh, Dy.SP Diglipur advised Shri Sunil Mondal to hold them till the arrival of police party. The villagers of Gopen Nallah namely Shri Nub Roy, Shri Divakar Mondal, Shri Deven Mondal, Shri Jagdish Mall, Shri Suranjan Roy, Shri Kishor Roy and Shri Pranab Laskar restrained the accused persons. Immediately, police party rushed to Gopen Nallah along with local people Shri Badal and Shri Prashanto Das in the night hours, apprehended and brought the accused to Kishori Nagar and admitted at PHC Kishori Nagar for necessary treatment.

The cooperation of the villagers of Gopen Nallah has become an exemplary example of community policing, which has promoted respect of law & order, peace and tranquility in the area which has also been appreciated from all walks of life in North Andaman. Earlier in the month of June & July 2015 also the people of Gopen Nallah extended huge support for Police against foreign poachers.

Police arrests accused persons of Kishorinagar Murder Case from Tal Bagaan Village

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DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Sept 06: The accused persons of Diglipur’s Kishorinagar Murder Case, Rinku Biswas and Sujit Baidya have been finally arrested by Andaman and Nicobar Police from Tal Bagan village of Digipur Island on Saturday night.
Sources told Andaman Sheekha that both Rinku Biswas and Sujit Baidya, who were absconding after murder of Rinku Biswas’s Husband, stayed in the jungle for two days.
After two days, they reached Tal Bagaan from Kishorinagar village by crossing a creek by swimming.
Due to heavy rain both of them reportedly got fever and cold.
On Saturday night at about 9 PM, the accused persons reached a villager’s house at Tal Bagaan and asked for food.
The villagers reportedly gave them food and asked them to sit in his house. The villager showed tremendous presence of mind and locked the room’s door from outside and informed police about the duo.
The SHO of PS Kalighat Mr. Dilla Rao, ASI, Mr. Ummer, his team and IRBn Jawans who were searching nearby nallah for the accused persons, reached the spot and arrested them.
Dy S P, Mr. C K Singh and SHO PS Diglipur, Mr. N S Stallin also reached the spot. Both the accused were  taken to PS Kishorinagar and later admitted to CHC Kishorinagar hospital for treatment.

Suspected Murderer wife dumps two year old in Jungle: Sources

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DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Sept 04: The murder case of Kalighat in which a wife reportedly killed her husband with the help of her lover, touched another low after reports of finding the younger daughter surfaced.
According to sources the younger daughter of the accused, who was taken away by the mother after the crime, was found on the very next day.
As per late reports pouring in the two year old daughter, Piyalee, came out from the Jungle on 3rd September morning by her own and was later found by villagers.
It appears that before leaving the village the two year old was dumped in jungle by the mother. Luckily the two year old managed to survive in jungle and find her way out by her own.
On the intervening night of 2nd and 3rd September Manoranjan Biswas, S/o Late Madhusudan Biswas aged about 35 years a resident of Kishorinagar, Diglipur was allegedly killed by his wife Mrs Rinku Biswas aged about 28 years.
As per the reports, when Manoranjan Biswas was sleeping at his home, Mrs Rinku Biswas and her reported lover Sujit Baidya S/o Santosh Baidya aged about 26 years R/o Kishorinagar murdered Manoranjan Biswas. As per reports cut marks were found on neck and head of deceased.
Manoranjan Biswas and Mrs. Rinku Biswas were married for more than 12 years and have two daughters. According to reports, the elder daughter of the deceased saw the murder and narrated the whole story to his uncle residing near to her house soon after the incident. It was her uncle who immediately informed this matter to the police.
Meanwhile, Police team is coming nearby forest braving heavy rain but till now they could not trace out the girl. Information has been passed to all nearby police stations to keep a watch on the accused persons.

Lack of road, traffic signages makes navigation difficult at Diglipur

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DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Sept 2: Ranked second in terms of population density after the capital city of this Union Territory, Diglipur in North Andaman remains in a disadvantaged position due to lack of road and traffic signages. Though considered crucial for navigation and traffic regulation, almost all arterial and link roads at Diglipur are devoid of proper signages leaving motorists hassled.
Former Assistant Commissioner, Dr Vivek Kumar had urged the Executive Engineer of the concerned APWD Division to expedite installation of road signages; however even after a lapse of over three years no steps has been initiated by the APWD in this regard.
According to reports, Diglipur in the recent years has witnessed a surge in vehicular population particularly tourist and good vehicles arriving from other islands with visitors and essential commodities. But due to the lack of road signages, motorists unaware of the road network in the region are left stranded in Diglipur. Some park their vehicles at unauthorised places to find out the route to tourist destination and face penalty by Traffic cops. Goods Carriers too meet the same fate while unloading commodities in the region.
Auto Rickshaw drivers meanwhile causes huge disruption in traffic by parking their vehicle wherever they want.
“Diglipur is a massive region with a wide network of arterial and link roads connecting several villages and tourist spots. But in the absence of road and traffic signages the visitors from various parts of these islands are left lost at Subashgram bazaar area. Road signs installed prominently indicating routes to various places has been a key demand of the residents of Diglipur. But repeated appeals to the authorities have proved futile. The Dy.SP of Diglipur in June this year again asked the APWD to install traffic signs on the roads; but the APWD appears unmoved as no action has been taken till date. As a result, tourist and transport vehicles are challaned by the police at frequent intervals for parking at authorised locations,” said a tourist cab driver speaking to Andaman Sheekha.
The APWD Division of Diglipur should immediately act to install road and traffic signages at various locations in Diglipur. Designated parking lots for two wheelers, four-wheelers and goods vehicles should be clearly indicated to avoid inconvenience to hundreds of tourists and others visit the region on a daily basis.

HISTORIC DAY FOR ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Classes for first batch of ANIIMS commences

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Port Blair, Sept 01: The long cherished dream of the islanders of having a medical college of their own in the islands has finally come true with the commencement of classes for the first batch of MBBS students from 1st September 2015. The efforts of the islanders and the Administration under the able guidance and focused approach of the Hon’ble Lt. Governor finally bore its fruit in the shape of Andaman & Nicobar Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS).
It was business as usual in the premises of the ANIIMS in the early morning hours but as the auspicious time of 0930 hrs approached, the lecture hall of ANIIMS got filled with the students and the faculty members. The College started functioning after an informal lighting of the lamp by the Director and Senior faculty members followed by welcome address to the students by the Institute’s first ever Director Maj Gen (Retd) R P Choubey ,VSM.
The students were also initiated to the three subjects of the first year MBBS viz Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry by the respective Heads of the Departments and their other supporting faculty. Regular classes began after the welcome address. The students looked smart in their uniforms and were in awe of joining MBBS course being imparted in their own soil.

Special Bus service introduced between Haddo Wharf and Bhatu Basti

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Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Aug 31: Persistent demands from various quarters finally paid off as the Transport Department of the UT Administration introduced special bus services between Haddo Wharf and Bhatu Basti recently. The bus services will benefit scores of ship passengers who earlier had to dish out huge money to private transport means to reach their destinations after arrival from mainland.
As per the new arrangement, the Transport Department will position a bus at the Haddo Wharf to transport passengers arriving from mainland, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam and Chennai, after their arrival. The bus will be stationed in front of the Passenger Terminal at Haddo to avoid any inconvenience to ship passengers. “This is a welcome step by the Transport Department. Passengers had to face hardships earlier in the absence of bus service between Haddo and Bhatu Basti. Availing an auto rickshaw or a taxi was an expensive deal as they charged heavily from the ship passengers. The introduction of the special bus services has come as a huge relief for the ship passengers,” said some residents of Bhatu Basti.
Speaking to Andaman Sheekha, the Secretary-cum-Director, Transport Department, Mr JB Singh said that the special bus service between Haddo Wharf and Bhatu Basti will be linked to ship arrivals from mainland. The bus will facilitate movement of passengers to their destinations on nominal fares from Haddo Port, he added.